翻譯三級筆譯實務分類模擬題4

翻譯三級筆譯實務分類模擬題4EnglishChineseTranslationEnglandandFranceareseparatedbytwenty-twomilesofopens（江南博哥）eaattheirclosestpoint.

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AttemptstoswimtheEnglishChannelhavebeenmadebypeopleofallagesandfromvariouswalksoflife.Eachswimmerisdrawntothefamouschannelfordifferentreasons,buteachhasthesamegoal—toconquerthechannel.

TheEnglishChannelwasfirstcrossedin1875byMathewWebb,anEnglishman,whoswambreaststrokefromDover,England,toCalais,France.

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Sincethen,over3,700peoplehavemadeapproximately4,500attemptsonthechannel.Only297people,however,havesuccessfullyduplicatedWebb'sremarkableachievement.

Coldwater,roughseas,strongcurrents,heavywindsandjellyfishareamongthemanyreasonswhythesuccessrateissolow.

Swimmersandescortcrewsmustwaitforperiodsofcalmseasandlightwinds,lasting10-20hours.

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Muchtothefrustrationoftheathletesandtheircoachesandcrews,theweathermayonlycooperateafewdayseachyear.

Onceinthechannel,swimmersarealwaysatthemercyoftheelementssincetemperatures,windsandcurrentscanchangehoudy.

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Quiteoften,luckandgoodtimingplayasimportantaroleinaswimmer'ssuccessasproperphysicaltrainingandmentalpreparation.

Channelswimmerscomeinallages,abilitiesandbackgrounds.

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ButswimmingtheEnglishChannelwillalwaysbethesametoallitschallengers—anincredibleadventurethatteststhelimitofhumanendurance,courageandperseverance.1.

正確答案：不同年齡和不同職業(yè)的人都曾經試圖游過英吉利海峽。游泳愛好者被吸引到這個著名的海峽來的原因各不相同，然而他們的目標是一致的——征服海峽。

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正確答案：從那時起，有3700多人進行了大約4500次橫渡海峽的嘗試，然而，只有297人成功地再現(xiàn)了韋布的驚人成就。

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正確答案：讓運動員、教練員和護衛(wèi)人員頗為泄氣的是，一年當中老天爺樂意配合的日子只有幾天。

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正確答案：運氣的好壞和時機的選擇對游泳者的成功所起到的作用常常和適當?shù)捏w能訓練和心理準備所起到的作用相當。

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正確答案：但是，游過英吉利海峽對所有的挑戰(zhàn)者來說一直具有同樣的意義——它是向人類的耐力、勇氣和韌性的極限的挑戰(zhàn)，是一次令人難以置信的冒險。

Bytheeighteenthcentury,theriseofindustrialisminthewestwasaccompaniedbyadeclineofreligionthatcannotbeseenasanaccidentalconcurrence.Andfromthenonthetrendaccelerates.Astheaveragemanbecomesmoreenabledtoliveincomfortablehouses,toescapemostofthechildhooddiseases,tocommunicaterapidlythroughtimeandspace,tomovelongdistanceswithease,hisperceptionofNatureundergoesastartlingalteration.

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NolongerdoesNatureseemquitesoterrificandtreacherous;formanismuchlesslikelynowtostarveforwantoffoodorperishfromtheheatorcold.Hisrelationtotheotheranimalsandplantsappearsthicklyveiledbyairconditioning,frozenfoods,automobilesandwashingmachines.

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Ithasbeensaidagainandagainthatmodernman'scomfortablelifeamidsttheconveniencesoftechnologyhascausedhimtosufferaspiritualdeathandtofeelempty,withoutpurposeanddirection.Andthatmaywellbethecase.Butneverthelessaradicaldistinctionmustbemadehere:theneedfortranscendenceexperiencedbymosthumanbeingspriortomoderntimeswasaverydifferentonefromwhatisclaimedtoexisttoday.

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Foriftheconnectionbetweenthegrowthofindustryandthedeclineofreligionisarealone,theearlierspirituallivesappearasanescapefromman'svulnerablepositioninhisbattlewithNature.Itwasnotthatman'ssensitivenesstotheideaofthegoodandthebeautifulwasanymoredevelopedinpasthistory;rather,hisneedtoescapefromanintolerablephysicallifewasgreaterthanours.

WhenIspeakofman'spreviousneedfortranscendence,Idonotrefertotheneedsofgreatcreativepeople—artist,craftsmen—whocanneverbesatisfiedwiththestatus.

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Ispeakofthemassesofpeoplewhosespiritualliveswerenecessarytomaketheirphysicallivesendurableandwho,hadchoicebeenpossible,wouldcertainlyhavepreferredphysicalcomfortsoverspirituality.Thissituationdoesnotforthemostpartnowexist:TVandtoiletmaketheneedforGodunnecessary.MandoesnotgenerallyliveinfearofNatureexceptwhenearthquakestrikes,forheismostlyunawareofaconnectionwithnatureconcealedbymoderntechnology.

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Thepresentneedforspirituallivesisbasedonsufficiencyandnotondeprivation,anditdoesnotseekahaveninanotherworldbutratheramorebeautifulversionofthisone.WhatIamconcernediswhathashappenedasaresultoftheIndustrialRevolutiontoman'sconceptionofhisrelationshipwithNature.6.

正確答案：大自然不再顯得那樣恐怖和兇險，因為人類現(xiàn)在不大可能因為缺少糧食而挨餓，或者因炎熱或寒冷而喪生。

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正確答案：許多人認為，現(xiàn)代人舒適地生活在技術帶來的便利之中，這使他感到精神危機和生活空虛，人生沒有目的和方向。

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正確答案：如果工業(yè)發(fā)展與宗教衰落有必然聯(lián)系的話，早期人類的精神生活好像是對人與自然的斗爭中所處脆弱地位的逃避。

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正確答案：我說的是人民大眾，為了忍受物質生活的艱辛，他們的精神生活是必要的。而且，如果有選擇的可能，他們一定會選擇物質上的舒適，而非精神信仰。

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正確答案：當今人們對精神生活的需求，是建立在富足、而不是貧乏的基礎上的，它不是尋求來世的庇護所，而是想把今生變得更美好。

Thisissupposedtobeanenlightenedage,butyouwouldn'tthinksoifyoucouldhearwhattheaveragemanthinksoftheaveragewoman.Womenwontheirindependenceyearsago.Afteralong,bitterstruggle,theynowenjoythesameeducationalopportunitiesasmeninmostpartsoftheworld.Theyhaveprovedrepeatedlythattheyareequalandoftensuperiortomeninalmosteveryfield.

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Thehard-foughtbattleforrecognitionhasbeenwon,butitisbynomeansover.Itismen,notwomenwhostillcarryonthesexwarbecausetheirattituderemainsbasicallyhostile.Eveninthemostprogressivesocieties,womencontinuetoberegardedassecond-ratecitizens.Tohearsomementalk,you'dthinkthatwomenbelongedtoadifferentspecies!

Onthesurface,thecommentsmadebymenaboutwomen'sabilitiesseemlight-hearted.Thesametiredjokesaboutwomendriversarerepeateddayindayout.

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Thisapparentlight-heartednessdoesnotconcealtherealcontemptthatmenfeelforwomen.Howevermuchmensneer,atwomen,theirclaimstosuperiorityarenotborneoutbystatistics.Let'sconsiderthematterofdriving,forinstance.

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Weallknowthatwomencausefarfeweraccidentsthanmen.Theyaretooconscientiousandresponsibletodrivelikemaniacs.Butthisisaminorquibble.Womenhavesucceededinanyjobyoucaretoname.Aspoliticians,soldiers,doctors,factory-hands,universityprofessors,farmers,companydirectors,lawyers,bus-conductors,scientistsandpresidentsofcountriestheyhaveoftenputmentoshame.Andwemustrememberthattheyfrequentlysucceedbrilliantlyinallthesefieldsinadditiontobearingandrearingchildren.

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Yetmengoonmaintainingthefictionthattherearemanyjobswomencan'tdo.Top-levelpoliticalnegotiationbetweencountries,businessandbankingarealmostentirelycontrolledbymen,whojealouslyguardtheirso-called"rights".EveninotherwiseenlightenedplaceslikeSwitzerlandwomenhaven'tevenbeengiventhevote.Thissituationispreposterous!Theargumentsthatmenputforwardtoexcludewomenfromthesefieldsarealltoofamiliar.Women,theysay,areunreliableandirrational.Theydependtoolittleoncoolreasoningandtoomuchonintuitionandinstincttoarriveatdecisions.Theyarenotevencapableofthinkingclearly.Yetwhenwomenprovetheirabilities,menrefusetoacknowledgethemandgivethemtheirdue.Somuchforaman'sabilitytothinkclearly!

Thetruthisthatmenclingtotheirsupremacybecauseoftheirbasicinferioritycomplex.Theyshunrealcompetition.Theyknowintheirheartsthatwomenaresuperiorandtheyareafraidofbeingbeatenattheirowngame.

Oneofthemostimportanttasksintheworldistoachievepeacebetweenthenations.

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Youcanbesurethatifwomenwereallowedtositroundtheconferencetable,theywouldsucceedbrilliantly,astheyalwaysdo,wheremenhavefailedforcenturies.11.

正確答案：這場為獲得承認而進行的艱苦戰(zhàn)斗已經獲得了勝利，但還遠遠沒有結束。繼續(xù)進行這場性別之戰(zhàn)的是男人而非女人，因為男人對女人在根本上仍保持著敵對的態(tài)度。

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正確答案：這種明顯的漫不經心掩蓋不住男人對女人的輕視。不管男人對女人有多少冷嘲熱諷，他們所表達的優(yōu)越感并不是能用統(tǒng)計數(shù)字來證實的。

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正確答案：我們都知道，女人所引起的交通事故遠比男人少。她們太小心、太有責任感了，不會像瘋子一樣開車。

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正確答案：然而男人依舊懷有這樣的幻想，認為有很多工作是女人做不了的。

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正確答案：你可以確信，如果允許女人坐在會議桌旁，在這個數(shù)百年來男人屢遭失敗的地方，女人會像她們一直以來都獲得成功那樣，取得輝煌的勝利。

TheInternet,e-commerceandglobalizationaremakinganeweconomicerapossible.Bythemiddleofthe21stcentury,capitalistmarketswilllargelybereplacedbyanewkindofeconomicsystembasedonnetworkedrelationships,contractualarrangementsandaccessrights.

Hasthequalityofourlivesatwork,athomeandinourcommunitiesincreasedindirectproportiontoallthenewInternetandbusiness-to-businessInternetservicesbeingintroducedintoourlives?IhaveaskedthisquestionofhundredsofCEOsandcorporateexecutivesinEuropeandtheUnitedStates.Surprisingly,virtuallyeveryonehassaid,"No,quitethecontrail."

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Theverypeopleresponsibleforusheringinwhatsomehavecalleda"technologicalrenaissance"saytheyareevenlesscivilintheirdealingswithcolleaguesandfriends—nottomentionstrangers.

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Andwhat'smorerevealing,theyplacemuchoftheblameontheverysametechnologiestheyaresoaggressivelychampioning.

Thetechnoguruspromisedasthataccesswouldmakelifemoreconvenientandgiveusmoretime.

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Instead,theverytechnologicalwondersthatweresupposedtoliberateushavebeguntoenslaveusinawebofconnectionsfromwhichthereseemstobenoeasyescape.

Ifanearliergenerationwaspreoccupiedwiththequesttoencloseavastgeographicfrontier,thedotcomgeneration,itseems,ismorecaughtupinthecolonizationoftime.

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Everysparemomentofourtimeisbeingfilledwithsomeformofcommercialconnection,makingtimeitselfthemostscarceofallresources.Oure-mail,voicemailandcellphones,our24-hourelectronictradingmarkets,onlinebankingservices,all-nighte-commerce,and24-hourInternetnewsandentertainmentallhollerforourattention.

Socialconservativestalkaboutthedeclineincivilityandblameitonthelossofamoralcompassandreligiousvalues.Hasanyonebotheredtoaskwhetherthehyperspeedcultureismakingallofuslesspatientandlesswillingtolistenanddefer,consider,andreflect?

Maybeweneedtoaskwhatkindsofconnectionsreallycountandwhattypesofaccessreallymatterinthee-economyera.

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Ifthisnewtechnology,revolutionisonlyabouthyperefficiency,thenwerisklosingsomethingevenmorepreciousthantime—oursenseofwhatitmeanstobeacaringhumanbeing.16.

正確答案：正是這些開創(chuàng)了所謂“科技復興”時代的人們說，他們甚至在和自己的同事、朋友打交道時都不那么客氣了，更不用說對待陌生人了。

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正確答案：更能夠說明問題的是，他們把很大一部分責任歸咎于他們同時正積極擁護的技術上。

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正確答案：相反，那些我們本以為可以解放我們的技術奇跡卻開始把我們困在相互聯(lián)系的網內，似乎很難從中輕易逃脫。

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正確答案：我們的每一刻閑暇時間都被某種業(yè)務聯(lián)系所侵占，時間反倒成了最稀缺的資源。

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正確答案：如果這種新技術革命僅僅意味著超級高效，那么我們就可能失去某種比時間更珍貴的東西——我們對做一個有愛心的人的價值感。

Thekeypositionandroleofwomenintheprocessofdevelopmentisincreasinglybeingrecognized.AlthoughthethreegreatWorldConferencesofWomenweremoreconcernedwithrecognizingandcompilingapproachestoemancipationwecancurrentlyconfirmageneralsharpeningofawareness.

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IthasbecomeclearthattheThirdWorldcultureshavebeenweakenedinthisrespectbythemethodsofcolonialeducationwhicharealmostexclusivelydirectedtowardsthemale.Ofthemanycriticismsofthissituationletonevoicebeheard:"Developmenteducationgroupsandprogramsareverymuchmaledominatedandlackwoman'sperspective."So,too,thehopesplacedinvocationaltrainingasanaidtoequalityhavebeendisappointedsincethisinitsturnwastolargeextentfocusedonmale.

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Inthesecircumstancesweshouldnotbesurprisedthatuntilnowwomenhaveparticipatedleastintheeducationalprocesseswhichhavebeenintroduced.Only20%attendprimaryschoolandthepercentageofthosewholeaveearlyishighestamonggirls.Becauseofthelackofbasictrainingonlyaround10%takepartinAdultEducationprograms.Henceitisvitallyimportanttosecureaturningpointbyincreasingtheawarenessoftheneedforeducation.

TheInternationalConferenceatJomtienin1990providedthesolutiontothis:"Amoreeducatedmotherraisesahealthierfamily.Shehasfewerandbetter-educatedchildren.Sheismoreproductiveathomeandintheworkplaceandisbetterabletogetfurthereducation."

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Manyproblemsinschoolareconsequencesofincorrectorimproperlybalancednutritioncombin